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Disaster Relief

July 30, 2013

Last Monday, an earthquake registering at 6.6 on the Richter scale hit the city of Dingxi in China’s Gansu Province. The current death toll is at 94 people with over 1,000 people injured and at least 120,000 individuals affected. This...
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April 25, 2013

Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on April 20, Ya’an, Lushan County, Sichuan Province, China, our hearts go out to the earthquake victims, families and communities. As we have been discussing with the NGO friends, there are a number of ways...
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April 06, 2011

Last week an article in the People’s Daily titled “Rich Philanthropists ‘acting in poor taste’” discussed the emergence of several high profile, high wealth Chinese who have stirred up some controversy on the philanthropy scene of late. Until recently, charitable...
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March 15, 2011

Japan’s catastrophic 9.0 earthquake and the resulting tsunamis and aftershocks have left 350,000 people homeless and 15,000 people missing, according to the latest reports. As the world mourns this event, many are looking to give money to help with relief...
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June 25, 2010

China’s Male-Female Birth Ratio Down Slightly: The imbalance in ratio of male and female born in China has been steadily creating an unnatural gap between the genders. In industrialized countries the ratio is 100 males to 107 females. In China,...
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April 23, 2010

by karamibu This Friday we bring you a number of links covering news, relief efforts, and ways to give following the earthquake that struck Yushu County, Qinghai on April 14. All Updates: China Daily has a site with up-to-date information...
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April 16, 2010

The news keeps coming in, and the death toll keeps rising from the Yushu earthquake on Wednesday. The latest count says around 700, but with the number of collapsed schools and with the clock ticking on the immediate rescue phase...
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April 14, 2010

At 7:49 this morning, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Yushu County in Qinghai Province. Located in a plateau region, Yushu has a much smaller population than the region affected by the massive earthquake that hit Sichuan province two years ago;...
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January 12, 2010

When you’re not news anymore and the volunteers go home, how do you keep picking up the pieces? Where do the resources come from to rebuild your life, provide for your family, and do more than just survive? For victims...
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